Device for holding wire screen.



'W. A. SMITSON & A. GERMAN.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING WIRE SCREEN. APPLICATION FILED MAR.15, 1909.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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DEVICE FOB. HOLDING WIRE SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15, 1909.

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WILLIAlW ANDREW SMITSON AND ALLEN GERMAN, OF ELWOOI), INDIANA.

DEVICE FOR EOLDING WIRE SCREEN.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, \VILLIAM ANDREW SMITSON and ALLEN GERMAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Elwood, Madison county, State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Holding ire Screen, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improved means for holding wire screen in convenient position where it can be readily unwound, measured and cut, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of our invention is to provide a device which may be located on a counter, or in some similarly accessible place, upon which rolls of screen of various widths and sizes may be mounted and from which the strips may be unwound as desired, measured, cut ofi and rolled up for immediate delivery to the customer.

A further object of our invention is to provide a comparatively simple means for effecting the above named operations.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1- is a plan view of the device; Fig. 2- is a side View thereof; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the screen roller connections,

and, Fig. 4c is a sectional view along the line t-i of Fig. 2.

In carrying out our invention we provide a main frame A of the form shown in Fig. 2, which supports the plate B. The reel C is rotatably mounted between extended portions a of the frame A, the axle c of the reel extending transversely of the frame and having its bearings in the said extended portions. Secured to the periphery of the reel are the radially slotted members D which are adapted to receive the ends of the rods upon which the various rolls of wire screen E are wound. The small rollers F are each held into close contact with its roll of screen by means of the springs G.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the front portion of the frame A has extensions H at its top. Pivotally mounted in slots 72, in these extensions is a screen roller K to which is pivotally attached a rod L, held normally in contact Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 15, 1909.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

Serial No. 483,519.

with the roller by means of a spring Z. A cutter M is mounted at m on the end of the plate B and is kept normally in the raised position shown in Fig. at by means of the spring 0. In order to measure off a given length of screen, we have provided the tape measure P which is carried by the roller Q. One end of the tape is attached to a loose collar R carried on the shaft S which forms a journal for the roller K, being secured to the latter by the yoke Y. The collar may be caused to rotate with the roller K through the engagement of the collar by av sliding slotted arm T which is held in its shifted position by means of the thumb screw From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood. The rolls of screen of various sizes and widths are mounted as shown in Fig. 1. Vhen a given length of a certain screen is desired, the reel C is turned to bring that particular roll in line with the plate 13, the reel being then locked by means of the catch Z. The loose end of the screen is then drawn across the plate B to the roller K. The bar L is raised and the end of screen placed underneath it where it is finally held. The handle V is now turned, Winding off the screen upon the roller K. The tape measure is also wound on the collar R so that the exact measurement of the wire may be noted. The wire is cut by the cutter, one end of the roller lifted and the piece of'screen already rolled up may be slipped off ready to tie and hand to the customer. By disengaging the arm T the tape may be rolled back on the roller Q ready for another operation.

e are aware that other forms of the device, based upon the same general principles may be made, but we consider as our own all such modifications as fairly fall within the spirit and the scope of the invention.

e claim:

1. In a wire screen holder, a frame, means mounted on said frame for holding a series of screen coils, a plate carried by said frame, a cutting knife pivotally mounted at one end of said plate, a screen roller carried by said frame on a level with said plate, the cutter knife being between said coil holding means and said screen roller, means for attaching the screen to the screen roller, a tape-measure roll mounted on the side of said plate, a tape-measure, a collar on said screen roller shaft for winding up said tape-measure, a

on the screen roller shaft, a sliding arm carried by said roller and arranged to engage the loose collar for causing the rotation of the latter, a tape-measure roll, a tape measure, and means for securing the end of the tape-measure to said collar.

XVILLIAM ANDREl/V SMITSON. ALLEN GERMAN.

V'Vitnesses CAssIUs M. GREENLEE, OTTIS GERMAN. 

